# Thread started with a single-link opening posts without a comment? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 17, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-started-with-a-single-link-opening-posts-without-a-comment/829713 "2019-02-17T06:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-started-with-a-single-link-opening-posts-without-a-comment/829713/29 "2019-02-19T23:35:39Z")
Some people love to just drop things into threads as well. In one thread over in GQ, there is this > [@Explain the rules, regs, protocols, etc. of saluting in the US armed forces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-rules-regs-protocols-etc-of-saluting-in-the-us-armed-forces/829667/18): > > Don’t know how dated [this](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics309.html) is, but it should still be interesting. Which is compared to this: > [@Explain the rules, regs, protocols, etc. of saluting in the US armed forces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-rules-regs-protocols-etc-of-saluting-in-the-us-armed-forces/829667/26): > > Relevant panel from the excellent comic strip [Terminal Lance.](https://terminallance.com/2010/12/13/terminal-lance-88-shiny-things/) Is the first going to be an hour-long YouTube video? A single panel cartoon? An essay? The second clearly lets the reader know what to expect. There was another poster who loved doing that, dropping “zingers” in a thread but the net in a form of a link. When called out, they said that providing a description would ruin the suspense. Whatever. I find said behavior annoying. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-started-with-a-single-link-opening-posts-without-a-comment/829713)._